in the sentiments which he had a right to cxpetf from all his fubjecTts without distinction, he had come to reside in Paris, where he received the molt refpedtful testimonies of love and fidelity from the inhabitants of that good city. That he is certain they will never attempt, in any man ner, to influence the free determination of their sovereign ; and, from the midst of them, announ ces to all the inhabitants of his provinces that when the National Afl'embly fliall have terminated the grand work of restoring the public welfare, he will put in execution apian, which he has long fnice formed of vifitingall his provinces to inquire what good he can do in each, and to prove that they were all equally dear to him. That he flatters himfelf this declaration, on his part, will engage all the inhabitants of his provinces to second the labors of the National Affeinbly, in order that France, under the protection of a happy conlli tution, may enjoy that peace and tranquility, of which an unhappy divifionhas long deprived it. This proclamation is dated October 9, and un der signed DE SAINT PRIEST. Paris (o<ft. 16th) was again tolerably quiet, and things went on as usual ; the mob feemecl perfect ly contented with the ficuation of the royal fami ly, whose el'cape was so much the object of their apprehensions. Their Majesties had another le vee of the foreign ininifters on Wednesday lalF, but the King spoke but little, and looked despond ing and melancholly. The court was but thin ly attended, and had much ihe appearance of a dumb flievv. In the affray at Versailles on the 6th of October, about jo of the Parisian troops and mob were kill ed, and 80 of the King's guards cut to pieces. The maflacre would have been much more terri-' ble, had it not been for his majelly's orders. LONDON. The Queen of France owes the preservation of her life to the gallant Marquis de la Fayette. There is no nation on earth better informed of political events that the French, at the present day. The deputies of all the cities correlpond daily with their constituents ; and 011 the arri val of their letters, they are immediately pub liflied by the committees of correspondence. UNITED STATES. GEORGE-TOWN, November 2j. Eje.trail of a letter from an American gentleman at St. Augujline, Eatl- Florida, to his friend in this town, dated Otfober 20, 1789. " The report of the proceedings between the Commiflioners of Congress and M'Gillivray, reached this place three days after the business was finiflied ; but astiie Spaniards are exceeding ly cautious towards ltrangers, they take care to keep the ref'ult of that day a profound secret; 20 Chiefs of the upper and lower Creek nations ar rived here a few days after the treaty on llock- Landing broke up ; they frequently wait in a body on Governor ZESPEDIES, who entertains them at his own house, and fuffers 110 one except an Interpreter to be prefent;—it is whispered that the real'on of M'Gillivray's not entering into a treaty with the Commissioners was, that the terms offered by Congress, would, (if accepted of) in fringe on the treaty existing between his Catholic Majesty, and the Creek nation ; that such a treaty exilts is beyond all doubt, for the Kingof Spain, ever iince the recovery of the Floridas, had paid an annual tribute of 8000 dollars to the Indians bordering on the Provinces ; they are regularly supplied with cloatliing, arms, and ammunition, out of the King's Magazine here and in Penfacola. " Trifling as this present affair may appear to some, I can afl'ure you, from my own observati ons, a personal knowledge of Mr. M'Gillivray— the Indians—the extent and situation of riieir country,—the weak state of our Southern Fron tiers, &c. " That the next step Congress takes in the busi ness will be of importance to the Uniced States.— " 1 have the greatest reverence and opinion of the wisdom of our leaders, but am apt to think that the sword in (lead of the olive branch, will be their result at last—and therefore a speedy appli cation of the former might save lives and money." B A L T I M O R E, Nov. 2;. Extrafl of a letter from Annapolit, to a gentleman in this town, dated 21// I\ov. 1 789- The Amendments recommended bv Congress, were unanimously adopted by our House onWed nefday last. P H ILADELPHIA, December 3. In the General AHembly on Monday, the com mittee of the whole went into the further confide ation of the firit and second amendment proposed to be added to the conflitution of the United States. A variety of opinions prevailing as to both these articles, it was deemed molt proper, that the conlideration of themfhould be poitpon ed, that the members might have further time to reflect 011 them. The committee therefore role, "reported progress and alked and obtained leave to lit again. As the fellion is nearly drawing to a clofc,it is conjectured that nothing will finally be determined in thisbufinels, until the House meet again, which will probably be sometime in Febru ary next. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. PROLOGUE, Spoken by Mr. Wicnei.l, on Mrs. Morris's Night, before a Comick Sketch, called The World as it goes ; or The PiClure Ex hibition—delivered by Mr. Wicnill, soon after the burning of Mr. D's balloon. T , X HAT all the world's a stage, lweet Shakespeare sung, And by that thought, full many a fweettale hung, Of war, and death, and love : The simple maid, By man's falfe lures, to ruin's gulph betray'd ; Of kings and qtieeris, and crowns, and witty fools} O All nature's book difplay'd, uncheck'd by rules, >> Thole genius-damping {hackles, forg'd in Grecian schools. 3 With mind unbounded, and with eagle eye, Ev'n hidden things the favor'd Bard, could spy; Trace the nice windings of the human heart, Andfearch the feal'd-up secrets, of each ptirt, Then fly beyond the bourne of mortal ken, And study when he'd exhauft*d men. This simile I trust, will change full soon, And worldly a&s, be each—like a balloon ; Some fill, some fail, some rife, and others fall, Some, soaring high, forget this dirty ball, > 'I ill buifling in a blaze,'they lose' life, schemes and all. J Others again will bullle, flir, and puff, To scrape together asroftatic ftuff, Perhaps in luck, they fill the great machine, Should foraecurfl chance or other intervene, While panting thousands, gape, and gaze, and choak, The bubble bursts, and all is 101 l in smoke. Once, this btcftland, not many years ago, p Rais'd a Balloon, a grand Mid gallant show, S" Which nations gaz'd at, as all nations know ; J 'Twas form'd of privileges, rights and law, And fill'd wish patrictifm instead of gaz ; The wond'rous fabric rose, majestic ! high ! And spite of british ballad, reach'd the sky ; There proudly hangs aloft—a ftiining frame, From which e'en Europe takes the gen'rous flame, * Shakes oft her (hackles, greatly dares be free, Raift! a Balloon, like us beyond the sea, > Fill it with all that's good, and call it Liberty. _) This night a small Balloon invites your eyes ; I can't pretend to fay that it will rife ; I'll do the best I can to make it go ; But then it's charg'd with wit, and that's oft falfe you know : Howe'er the wits which we ftiall ufc to night, "0 Are rarified, and fit for merry flight, > Stev ens, Pi lon, and Foote that waggifti wight. _) x /go for ballajl, and I freely own, I fear I'm weight enough to keep it down ; Howe'er I go, cheer'd by this pleasing thought, > (All other aids I value not a groat) > Tis your applause keep* my Balloon afloat. J [Going Returns.'] But flop.—— l -Egad a mighty pretty joke, I had forgot the main I was t'have fpokc. From her I come, whose humble wifti to please, Has oft been here repaid : While now fhefees This brilliant show collected here again, Her grateful feelings render language vain ; Her thanks ftie promises by afls to fliow, And [bell rings']— Coming Mr. Prompter—l muftgo, />■ For our Balloon is full, and 1 go up you know, J NEW-YORK. Our accounts froiji Franee areinveloped in un certainty. Though there is 110 doubt of a decid ed majority of the people in favor of the Nation al Aflembly, yet it is evident that a great spirit as fermentation is in existence among them.— Fraud, ambition and wealth, have too often prov ed equal to defeating the best devised plans in favor of liberty and justice. Neither too much, nsr (oo little, should be the motto of patriotism : This will point out the golden moment of making sure the glory, profperity,andhappinefsof a country. Danger to the liberties of the people, in all re volutions, arifesfrom the natural pride of the hu man heart. It has too often occurred, to escape the notice of the molt cursory observer, that vio lent partizans are generally impatient of con troul: This is the firft lyniptom of a despotic tem per, aiid commonly appears after a series of wheedling arts, have imposed on the judgements of the people, and insured an ascendency in their confidence. By degrees, the weight of party is ascertained, and from that moment the voice of reason, prudence and common sense are despised, and every demand is made with an arbitrary tone ; justice, honor, and personal rights are facrificed for the good of the people, pretendedly ; but, in reality, the establishment of power in the hands of a majority, who are moulded, controuled and directed by a demagogue, is the prime obje<fl. It is too much the cafe that in contemplating the rights of mankind at large, those of indivi duals are often considered as grievances—hence those who are diftinguiihed by pre-eminence, are viewed with a jealous and envious eye : In all revolutions, attention to certain diftiuCtions, ap pears to be a desideratum in politics. FOR THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE GUEST. No. 111. t: The Molt, that has no window for the fun x " Finds yet a light that leads to genial love. 1 " AC RE AT part ofinankind are held in bondage to one absurd custom or another—but perhaps a more ridiculous and mis chievous deviation from the laws of nature and reason, never ob tained, than the celibacy of the Clergy. This is a trite lubjecfc of declamation; but all that has been written, or could be nr-red a gainst it, would have proved ineffectual, had not the rays of politi cal knowledge recently bpened the eyes of mankind to their true interest. There is now a fair profnect that this intolerable yoke will betaken off the Clergy of the Roman Catholic Church ; and the door of honorable love, and connubial joys, be opened to them in common with their fellow men. " Marriage is honorable in. all:" It is an mllitution wife, politic, and benevolent in itfelf— and leads to all the tender charities that knit the family of man kind in the happiest unities of love, concord, and peace. When I behold a well regulated, happy family, the object in spires the mod pleanng lenfations and reflections : I call my thoughts back to the period when the parents of a lovelv progeny firft commenccd the acquaintance that has proved the origin of l"<> many agreeable o^umftances —Happy moments of love, honor, and mutual confidence ! —How refined and delightful the sweet intercourse of kindred minds ! Their mutual attractions cemented by the facrcd bonds of wedlock, have gathered strength with ad vancing years—and their last setting fun lhall go down in peacc. When this conDe&ion is founded on proper piinciples, it is not fubjettto those perturbations and deprcilions offpints, which ren der the marriage state a jest to the libertine, and make the timid waver and doubt, till time extinguishing the best paflions in the human heart—-creates an indifference cither to pleasing, or being J>lealed. The cares of life in every state are many—ln the married state they are divided, as they increase—and the plcafures of life are coubled-'-the mind letains its natural foftriefs and ge nerous sympathy ; and having a variety of objettsto engage its at tention, those objects interest its feelings, and animate its exertions till its feli ity consists, in living tothe happiness of its connexions, and of mankind. Society derives its best security from th<- attach ments which originate in the ties of Family—fathers, mothers, and children are the furcft and best pledges of fidelity to the Com monwealth—to those endearing appellations nothing is ndiffer ent, that has reference tothe peace, and prosperity, the misfortune, or misery ot their country ; but the voluntary exiles from the tem ple of Hymen, while they violate the laws of reason and society, in pafling thro life in the solitary walks of ban :lo iu, 1 of" bv degrees the best affeftions—tbey contrast a temper ut infei fibili .y to the happiness or infelicity of their fellow creiturcs —a*iti t ro;n negle&ing and being neglected by the bejl part of our fpet -s, they acquire a morose and censorious disposition—and making war with the world by then contcmpt for its maxims and customs, they al ways come off fccondbejl, NEW-YORK, DECEMBER 9. A gentleman f/om Marietta, who left this city \ejlerday, on his way to the Editor with the follotoing account: About eight weeks fine:-, two brothers, by the name of JohnlWn, one 12, the other 9 years oid, were playing ort the western bank, of Short Creek, about twelve miles fron/Wheelinz, flapping stones in the water—Ata dillanccthey discovered two men, whoappear ed to be settlers, beingdreffed withcoatsand hats : Thefemen, to amuse and deceive the children (as the event shewed) engaged in the lame sport, advancing towards the boys, till by degrees they got so near, that the children discovered them to be indians ) but it was then too late to make their escape : The indians seized and carried them fix miles into the woods, where they made a fire, and took up their lodging for the night; their rifles ar.d tomahawks they rested against a tree,and then laid down,each indian with a boy onhis arm : The children as may befuppofed kept awake—the oldest began to move, and finding his indian found a deep, by degrees, difengagea himfelf, and went to the hre, which had then got low, and (lined it up ; the indian not waking, be whispered to his bro ther, who likewise crepi away, and both of them went to the fire_ The oldest boy then observed tohis brother, "I think we can kill ihefe indians, and get away from them"—the agreed it* the propoldl of attempting it : The oldest then took one of the rifles, and placed the muzzle, which he rested on a small stick.that he found for the purpole, close to the head of one of the indians, and committing the exceution of this part of the business tohis: brother, ordered him to pull trigger at the moment he saw him strike the other indian with one of the tomahawks : The oldeit gave thefignaj; the youngest pulled trigger—the rifle fliot away the lowei part of the Indian'siace, and left him senseless ; he then told his brother to lay on, for he had done for his ; after which he lnatched up the gun and ran ; the boy with the tomahawk gave the stroke with the wrong end, the india'n ftartcd on his feat the boy found the mistake, and turning the tomahawk in his hand, gave him another blow, which brought him to the ground ; he repeat ed his ftiokes till he had difpatchcd him, and then made the belt of his way after his brother. When the boys had found the path which they recolle£tcd to have travelled before, the oldest fixci his hat on a bush, as a dire&ory to find the fceneof action the next day. The tomahawked indian was found near the place where the boys had left him : The other was not there j but was track'd by his blood, and altho so weakened by his wounds, that he could not raise his rifle to fire at his pursuers (two men) they fuffered himto escape ; but it is supposed he mull have died of his wounds. These two mdians were fentoutto reconnoitre the belt place for an attack, which was to have been made by a body of warriors, waiting in the neighborhood. The gentleman who gives this account, saw, and conversed with the two children, about fix weeks since. . Ihe President of the United States has been pleased to ap point the Hon. William Drayton Judge of the Federal Court for South-Carolina Diflrict, vice the Hon. Thomas Pinck niy refigned—alio the Hon. Cyrus Griffin, Judge of the Fe deral Court for Virginia DiUrift, vice the Hon. Edmund Pen dleton, resigned. His Excellency the Vice President of the Unit ed States returned to this city lafl week, from his late visit to his feat in Braintree, Maflachufetts. There was no mail from the southward of the Patowmac received at the poll office on Saturday last, which may in some measure account for the failure of official dilpatches to government re fpedting the ratification of the Conflitution by the State of North-Carolina. The weather is remarkably mild for the season, the harbor is full of /hipping, and business ispur fuqd with the greatell conveniency. The price of wood rather falls than rises—a great benefit to the poor. Our country friends who mean to a vail themselves of theprefent rates, multpulhin their supplies as soon as polfible. On Monday evening there was very large and refpeclable company at the Theatre. ARRIVALS.—NBIV-YORK. Tuesday. Ship N.St. M. de Patrounco, Cawello, Liflion, 42 days. Schooner Polly, Crovice, Caps Francois. ling Polly, Hill, Montego Bay, 42 davs. Sloop Rebecca, March, Bcrrruda, 20 davs.
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